Provision Of Air Craft Rescue Firefighting Service (ARFF)

This ARFF Professional Development Framework Manual (PDFM) is intended for the very first time to provide a comprehensive professional development framework for the  Somalia Aviation Fire Industry. While understanding that each airport and its fire and rescue service providers are unique, the specialty of Aircraft Rescue Firefighting (ARFF) is not unique and a means of establishing a uniform framework of education and training for its members is long overdue and desired for the industry and its customer service base. This manual is meant to provide a baseline of career progression and act as a best practice guideline for the industry with the specific intent of the individual airports to move toward a standardized level of training and education for its members. The goal is to establish a comprehensive education and training document that identifies life-cycle education/training requirements from the entry level firefighter to the Chief Officer of the organization.

This manual can be used by the organizational leadership teams of ARFF Departments to plan, manage, and control training and education within the variety of rank structures that exist in each organization. This manual can also be used by individual to map out their career advancement by building their own personal career development plan with intent on achieving their own personal skill sets and desired